Mom & Devin Day

It's about 4:30 p.m. and I am BEAT!! As you can see from the title, Devin and I had a Day O' Fun. His school had a half day today, but I decided to make it a whole day off for Dev. Our day began at around 8:00, when I took him to Dunkin' Donuts so he could have a donut and a chocolate milk. I am happy to report that I resisted the donuts and even the triple chocolate muffins this time, as I had my Fiber One twig cereal before we left the house. Mmmm. Mmmmm. good!!! We did a bit of shopping (mostly "window shopping", it's free!), had lunch and then the event Devin had been anxiously awaiting: going to the movies to see the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid film. Devin insisted that we go to the very first showing of the day (the movie opened today), which was at 11:50, and apparently alot of other people felt the same way, as the theater was over 3/4 full. Still, he loved the movie and laughed all the way through it. We went to a theater that is about a half-hour drive from home, because it is a nice one with stadium seating (Devin likes to climb the stairs and sit in the back row). On the way home, I let him pick the radio station, and heard myself saying something I swore I would never say: "You actually LIKE this music?" Devin has been getting into that "screamo rock" lately, which is just heavy metal music where the "singer" screams the lyrics. Kind of sounds like demons are singing. I like classic heavy metal, and I even like some modern heavy metal, but not a fan of the screamo overall. To me, it sounds like someone is being tortured, when in reality, it is my eardrums that are suffering the torture. But, it bothered me a little that I made that comment to Devin, because I remember being a kid and my parents asking me the same questions: "Do you really like this crap?" "this music is horrible!", and I am sure their parents said the same thing to them as they were growing up. I like to try to be open-minded about Devin's choices, because I want to encourage him to be his own person and form his own opinions, even if they aren't always the same as mine. In the future, I will try to state my opinions without making him feel bad about his.

Okay, now it is time for Song of the Day. Keeping with the hard rock theme, I have chosen the song "It's Not You" by the band Halestorm. Lzzy Hale (yes, I spelled that right) is the singer of this newish band, and I have really been enjoying this CD for the past year or so. My husband, Tom, actually introduced me to Halestorm, and I was hooked on their music from the first listen. Some of the lyrics are: "I'm in love with somebody, and it's not you". You have to listen to the entire song for the context, though. Lzzy Hale has a great rock n roll voice, a bit reminiscent of the fabulous Ann Wilson of Heart (one of my all-time favorite female singers).

In totally unrelated news, Duran Duran happen to be on the Ellen show at this moment, which reminds me of how badly I want to see them on their current tour!!! And, of how I probably won't get to see them, frowny face...... I'll get over it....in time.....